December 2011
30 posts
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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“Literature and art are important subjects which are indispensible to human life....”
– The first paragraph from Kim Jong Il’s LIFE AND LITERATURE, downloadable for free here.
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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WatchWatch
dailylibertytv: Niall Ferguson discusses how the United States can avoid imminent collapse. What do you think of his plan?
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Sh*t My Agent Sells: The Art of Turning Instafads... →
The New York Observer nails it.
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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The podcast of the CBC interview with Claire... →
awolfinpeopleclothes: As the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens is nearly upon us—just a few days under two months—it’s hard for someone like me to not get excited about something like this.  I have yet to read Tomalin’s biography of Dickens, but I hear it’s very good.  I hope that I can read it by February, but since I still have two novels by Dickens to finish and Gissing’s biography...
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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The Huffington Post launches a book club →
#HPBookClub
Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Pop Music Lit Distracts Publishing Industry →
Three hours ago, Penguin Press ruined the productivity of readers around the country with a distracting Pop Music Lit hashtag on Twitter. On Twitter, hundreds of readers have combined the names of pop bands with classic literary titles. Here is an Elvis-themed example from this GalleyCat editor: “The Hound Dog of Baskervilles.” You can also read a free eBook edition of the classic novel. ...
Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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#PopMusicLit →
And it looked like such a productive Friday… (You’re welcome, Internets)
Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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David Guterson comes first in Literary Review's... →
An over-reliance on coy terms such as “family jewels”, “back door” and “front parlour” has won acclaimed American novelist David Guterson the dubious accolade of the Literary Review’s bad sex in fiction award.
Dec 8th
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Amazing. We’re going to have to add an afterword to the next printing of THE QUEST.
Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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15 Scathing Book Reviews →
FREEDOM, by Jonathan Franzen ”…a 576-page monument to insignificance.” — The Atlantic, October 2010 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson ”This is easily one of the worst books I’ve ever read. And bear in mind that I’ve read John Grisham.” — Charleston City Paper, Aug. 13, 2008 BREAKING DAWN, by Stephenie Meyer ”The most devoted readers...
Dec 6th
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Kirkus' Best Nonfiction of 2011 →
Some great non-fiction picks.
Dec 6th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 1st
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Dec 1st
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